Kansas Crimson

We are 2-0, compared to where the Ravens and Bengals are right now, I'll take it.

2-0 against two good teams despite not playing particularly well either week. That works.

Our offense isn’t hitting.
I think Hollywood was game planned in and now they have to rework things.
Hopefully Pacheco is ok.

Shirley wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:37 pm

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:31 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:29 pm

99 definitely let us down.

Wut?

No, "We go this", when we had it.

Mea culpa

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:45 pm Our offense isn’t hitting.
I think Hollywood was game planned in and now they have to rework things.
Hopefully Pacheco is ok.

Yeah, but it was the shifting coverages like against KU that confounded Mahomes.

Sign McKinnon

That was about as bad as they can play and still win

I think the Bengals are now 0-3 vs. KC since proclaiming it "Burrowhead".

Jayhawkerr wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:30 pm That was about as bad as they can play and still win

Playing with fire for sure. The upcoming stretch is no slouch, either. Good to get Atlanta early as Cousins looks stiff AF but a tough month ahead prior to the bye week.

At Falcons
At Chargers
Vs. Saints
At 49ers

Ugh, it is being reported that Pacheco fractured his fibula when he got bent backwards near the end of the game. Likely headed for IR and will miss a good chunk upcoming. That fucking sucks.

That could be a regular season ender.
Chiefs are getting screwed with injuries.

Better a fracture than ligament damage I suppose. Hopefully they can keep him fit while he rests and recuperates and he will be ready for the playoffs.

But with Brown out and now Pacheco combined with the LT situation, KC might have some L's coming soon.

What about Donovan Smith?
Isn't he still a FA?

pdub wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:15 am That could be a regular season ender.
Chiefs are getting screwed with injuries.

Early announcement is 6-8 weeks which is great news. Sounds like they are bringing in Kareem Hunt for a visit tomorrow per "league sources".

He makes a ton of sense if you don't care about the character of a person and we sure as shit don't ( nor does anyone in the NFL really ).

I doubt Pacheco is back until December.

I'm not overly worried about losing Pacheco. Nor about LT. Especially with (now) effectively 2.5 game leads on two of the four (Bills and Texans?) contenders for the 1 seed.

Hunt getting a chance if redemption would be good. God knows others have done as much. And suffered much less.

Sparko wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:01 pm Hunt getting a chance if redemption would be good. God knows others have done as much. And suffered much less.

I'm perfectly fine going with Steele, Perine and a practice squad elevation for depth. Hunt hasn't averaged above 4 yards/carry since 2021. He's cooked.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 4:15 pm I'm not overly worried about losing Pacheco. Nor about LT. Especially with (now) effectively 2.5 game leads on two of the four (Bills and Texans?) contenders for the 1 seed.

I'm slightly worried.
Our defense is still legit. We still have Mahomes.
But Pacheco was what, a top 15 running back in the league? He always seems to get another 2 yards than he should. And now we're going to try and establish the run with an undrafted dude and two guys getting long in the tooth ( for their position ).

No doubt our running game suffers and that means teams don't have to respect it as much.

And now the teams that we'll face while he's out that, on paper, looked pretty easy before the season actually look to be good.
Falcons just upset the Eagles at their place. Chargers, Saints, Bucs 2-0.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:54 am

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 4:15 pm I'm not overly worried about losing Pacheco. Nor about LT. Especially with (now) effectively 2.5 game leads on two of the four (Bills and Texans?) contenders for the 1 seed.

I'm slightly worried.
Our defense is still legit. We still have Mahomes.
But Pacheco was what, a top 15 running back in the league? He always seems to get another 2 yards than he should. And now we're going to try and establish the run with an undrafted dude and two guys getting long in the tooth ( for their position ).

No doubt our running game suffers and that means teams don't have to respect it as much.

I'm good with "slightly." Or even "somewhat" or "modestly"!

But I'm a believer in Steele as a ballcarrier. Yes, undrafted, but it's not like Pacheco was pedigreed himself (or, even once established, anything more than middle-of-the-pack).

And if it means we break out of this inane offensive conservatism...good. We need to be throwing the ball more, anyway.